As part of his studies at the agricultural university in Frederiksberg (Denmark), Stephan Nyeland received a grant in 1870 for a study trip to England with a stopover at the horticultural school in Vilvoorde (Belgium). Impressed by his visit to the horticultural school in Vilvoorde, he decides on his return to apply for a second […]

Covid19 poses major challenges for educational institutions around the world. Learning benefits from knowledge exchange, interaction and meeting each other. Last March, the possibilities for face to face interaction in education changed drastically. For Aeres University of Applied Sciences in Wageningen, the teacher training centre for land-based education, the ultimate chance to design and develop […]

Goodbye AGROLYMPICS, hello EUROPEA Challenge Following the request from the Legal Affairs Department of the International Olympic Committee about changing the name of our popular professional competition, the EUROPEAns conducted a survey, which ended yesterday at 19:00. And the winner is: EUROPEA Challenge! Many thanks to those who participated 🙂

KMASZC (former KASZK) Agricultural Training Centre is a very special institution within Hungarian Green VET. They take hundreds of students and teachers abroad for training every year. However, they are also unique in the sense that they employ native English speakers in two of their schools in order to improve their students’ foreign language skills. […]

Following the request of the IOC, there is a need to rename AGROLYMPICS, one of our most popular student competitions. EUROPEA NEEDS YOUR HELP !! Anybody can have their say !! A MENTIMETER survey has been created in order to collect all your ideas. Here you have 3 possibilities to enter: 1) use the QR-code […]

From 1st September 2020 Hungary introduces a big change in the system of VET education. Since 2009 we have learnt a great deal about the ECVET system within ERASMUS, and we all know how important it is. In Hungary, many schools used this system already when organising international programs for their students and teachers. Now, […]

During autumn and winter semesters education centre  Sedu Ähtäri Forestry unit arranges ”Open doors” – days in the school forest for the secondary school students of the surrounding municipalities. Normally during these days the number of visitors rises over 500 visitors per day. Nevertheless, on Thursday 1/10/2020 less than 100 secondary school students  were welcomed […]

Congratulation to the new Master Florists! After an intense training as well as challenging theoretical and practical exams, the proud MASTER FLORISTS presented their masterpieces in the “Flower Schools” Langenlois. Various topics had to be planned, prepared and arranged. Praise to the organiser and trainer Sabine Schaffer, she did an outstanding job! Presenting a PRECIOUSNESS […]

The local game management association and the primary school of Ähtäri cooperate with SEDU Ähtäri Forestry Education unit. On Thursday 1st of October 14 pupils, who had elected  an  1 term free-choice course ”Nature and wilderness” visited in the school forest of SEDU Ähtäri. The pupils are 10 – 12 years of age. Mrs. Anne […]

Our two final college classes started their last schoolyear one month ago under normal conditions again. We have all lessons at school, but remained single seats for the students, ask for an appropriate distance between each other and to obey the given hygiene regulations. Soon our students had to face the first exam: they had […]